Ezekiel 23:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.”
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“and lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And she doteth on their paramours, Whose flesh <FI>is<Fi> the flesh of asses, And the issue of horses--their issue.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 23:20 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 15:3This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.
- Jeremiah 5:8They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
- Ezekiel 16:20You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
- Ezekiel 16:26You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.
- Ezekiel 17:15But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
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